Lettering tattoo ideas

3,720 photos and flash · 59% Lettering, 22% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Fine line black tattoos of a palm tree above a wave on two wrists, plus curved lettering on a forearm, as two people hold hands on sand.
Palm tree and wave tattoos on two wrists
Black fine line outline of a symmetrical lotus flower tattoo on the inner upper arm, with partial lettering visible at the top right.
Outline lotus flower on upper arm
Two clasped hands with matching fine-line black Roman numeral lettering reading XIV II MMXII on the fingers, styled as lettering on the hand.
Roman numeral date tattoos on two fingers
Black line drawing flash design of a skull with dollar-sign eyes and the words Eyes Only For You set in a circle around it, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Skull with dollar eyes and circular lettering
Black fine line script lettering reading valar morghulis on the inner wrist of a raised arm, against a blurred tree background.
Small script lettering on the inner wrist
Two forearms resting palm up on a white sheet, with fine line black script tattoos and a small heart outline on the forearm.
Fine line script and a heart on two forearms
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo on a knee, seen through a rip in grey denim jeans, with text on the fabric below.
Small tattoo on knee through ripped jeans
Fine line black cross with thin cursive script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand.
Cross and script on the inner wrist
Two forearms with matching black script fine line tattoos reading Okay? and Okay. on the forearm, with hands joined beside them.
Matching Okay script tattoos on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a chemical structure with a benzene ring, two HO groups and an NH2 group, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Molecular structure on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Does this unit have a soul? on the forearm, shown against a red and white striped background.
Script quote on a forearm
Two hands with matching black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, one hand wearing a silver ring and bracelets.
Matching Roman numeral finger tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a ringed planet, a rocket on a dashed trail, small stars and the words 'See you never' on the inner upper arm.
Ringed planet and rocket with 'See you never' on upper arm
Fine line black lettering reading w(h)ine on the ankle of a leg, above a pink and black striped sock.
Small w(h)ine lettering on an ankle
Fine line black script lettering that appears to read Free, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Fine line script lettering reading Free
Small blue script lettering that appears to read Il Roi, tattooed on the inner wrist in a fine, lightly shaded style.
Small blue script lettering on the wrist
Black script reading Life Goes On, with a heartbeat line leading into a semicolon, tattooed across a woman's lower abdomen above her waistband.
Life Goes On script with heartbeat on the abdomen
Black fine line script reading walk by faith with a small cross, tattooed on the side of a bare ankle and foot resting on dark leather.
Walk by faith script on ankle
Black fine line tattoo of two small footprints and the words you are my sunshine in cursive script on the top of a bare foot.
Footprints and script on the top of a foot
Fine line tattoo of a pink flower with a stem and script lettering along the collarbone, on a woman wearing a dark floral top.
Pink flower and script on collarbone
Black fine line tattoo of a fox's head in profile inside a circle with lettering around the edge, on the upper chest.
Fox profile in a circle with lettering on chest
Two crossed forearms in black fine line ink, one with a small cross and the other with angular geometric lettering that appears to read GOD, both on the inner forearm.
Small cross and angular lettering on forearms
Fine line black lettering stacked across the inner wrist, with a red and blue checked shirt cuff below.
Stacked lettering on inner wrist
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'i am fearfully and wonderfully made' along a forearm, with a pearl bracelet at the wrist.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Hand-drawn line sketch of three doves in flight, each carrying one word: faith, hope and love, shown as a tattoo design on pale paper.
Three doves with faith, hope and love
Close-up of white ink lettering reading We're all mad here across an arm, in a fine lettering style.
White ink quote on a forearm
Black script reading Love me for who i am across the upper back, with a small bird and a shaded butterfly near the shoulder.
Quote and butterflies near the shoulder
Black and grey fine line script lettering runs along the side of two bare feet near the ankles, one line reading Maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Script quote tattoos along two feet
Fine line black script reading We Are Wild? on a person's arm, shown beside a handwritten copy of the same phrase on paper.
We Are Wild script on an arm
Fine line black script lettering with a small aeroplane silhouette tattooed across the ankle and lower leg.
Script lettering and aeroplane on ankle
Fine black cursive script tattoo curving along the outer thigh, with lettering that reads she laughs without fear of the future.
Script quote tattoo along the thigh
Black fine-line script tattoo reading With faith comes hope, ending in a small heart, on the side of a woman's ankle and foot.
With faith comes hope script on ankle
Black fine line lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black handwritten script reading Once Upon a Dream on the inner side of a bare foot, resting on a textured grey carpet.
Once Upon a Dream script tattoo on a foot
Black script lettering reading All was well with a small lightning bolt mark, on the side of the ribs, in a fine line lettering style.
All was well script on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace above Italian script reading Sempre nel mio cuore, on the inner forearm.
Heartbeat line and script on forearm
Thin black lowercase lettering reading love followed by a full stop on an outstretched forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Love lettering on a forearm
Black line drawing of a dandelion whose seeds become musical notes and a treble clef, with the script words don't let them say you ain't beautiful, shown as a tattoo design and not on skin.
Dandelion turning into music notes with script
Close-up of a fine line black handwritten script tattoo of a quote across a shoulder and upper back.
Handwritten script quote on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of a molecular structure with HO and NH2 labels on the inner wrist, shown in two photographs.
Chemical structure tattoo on a wrist
Collage of four fine line script tattoos in black ink, on a forearm, a wrist, an arm and the upper back.
Four script tattoos on arms and back
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading wild and free across the forearm.
Wild and free script on a forearm
Fine line black script reading Until the very end, with a small lightning bolt at its end, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Until the very end script on upper back
Two forearms in black and grey fine line tattoos: a palm tree, a small bird, a paper plane, the word WILDERNESS and a line with a circle.
Palm tree and wilderness forearm tattoos
Fine line cursive lettering tattoo across the lower back above a pair of jeans, with only part of the words legible.
Cursive script tattoo on lower back
Fine line black script lettering on the upper back of a woman with her blonde hair in a bun, wearing a white top with a low scoop back.
Small script lettering on upper back
Black linework drawing of a dreamcatcher with three hanging feathers and a quote lettered around the hoop, shown as a flash design.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and quote
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a cat skull with whiskers above the word WILDCATS and a swash underline, on a limb.
Cat skull with Wildcats lettering